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Artocarpus hirsutus
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Artocarpus hirsutus Lam., Encycl. 3: 210. 1789; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 541. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1369(957). 1928; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 278. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 376. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 351. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 430. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 371. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 746. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 443. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 431. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 355. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 426. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 301. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 660. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 390. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 296. 1999; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 63. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 308. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 626. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 461. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 658. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 767. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Anjili, Ayani, Anniliayari
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Aini, Hirsute Artocarpus, Wild jack
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 45 m high, bark 10-15 mm thick, surface dull grey-brown, smooth, lenticellate, exfoliations thin, exfoliated surface red, fibrous; exudation milky white, sticky, branchlets hirsute. Leaves simple, alternate, 13-25 x 7.5-15 cm, broadly ovate, obovate or elliptic, apex subacute or very shortly acuminate, base acute, obtuse or round, margin entire, undulate, coriaceous, glabrous above, hirsute-pubescent beneath; stipules to 4 cm long, lateral, densely tawny strigose; petiole 10-30 mm long, stout, hirsute; lateral nerves 6-12 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae scalariform, faint. Flowers unisexual, minute, yellowish-green; male in axillary, pendulous, narrowly cylindric spikes upto 15 cm long; tepals 2, united below; stamen 1; anther exserted, ovate, bracteoles chaffy; female flowers in axillary ovoid spikes; perianth tubular, confluent below with the receptacle; ovary superior, straight, ovule pendulous; style exserted; stigma undivided. Fruit a sorosis 6-7.5 cm across, globose or ovoid, echinate, yellow when ripe, the spines cylindric, straight, hispid, perforate at the apex for filiform style; seeds 16-18 mm long, ovoid, white.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow, Green
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-1200
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Localities:
Peechi, Kallar, Ollavayal, Koruthode, Kanthalppara, Ranni, Manantody, Kannoth, Kallamalai, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Thiruvizhamkunnu, Maloth, Thalichola, Hereford, Kulathupuzha, Kumarapuram, Attayar
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